The cornerstone of the Dome of the Rock
The cornerstone of the Dome of the Rock is in the Eastern Wall that is north of the dome. It dates back to the Umayyad era, where a balance is visible. The balance used to be the Umayyad Islamic State’s emblem back then.
- Era
- Umayyad
- Place
- Al-Aqsa Mosque
Other landmarks
Other landmarks in the same category
All (17)House of Hadith
Dar al-Hadith is a mosque consisting of two domes and one mihrab. It was named after its use by a school to teach the Shafi’i fiqh studies. It then was turned into a sanctum.
The Rock
The Holy Rock is a great rock, reaching its highest spot to about eighteen meters, and the widest spot is thirteen and a half meters. It’s higher than the Rock’s nave in about 2 meters .
Cave of the Spirits (Al Arwah)
Landmark Location: Located in the center of Al Aqsa Mosque, exactly under the rock.
Jerusalem’s Zakat Committee
The committee works under the supervision of the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites.
The Tomb of Sharif Hussein bin Ali
He is Husayn ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Mu’ayn ibn’ Awn bin Muhsin ibn ‘Abd-Allaah ibn’ Umar Hussein bin Abdullah bin Hassan bin Mohammed Abu Nami II bin Barakat bin Mohammed bin Barakat ibn al-Hasan ibn Ajlan bin Rumaithah ibn Muhammad Abu Nami I ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali Akbar bin Qatada bin Idris bin Mataan bin Abdul Karim bin Isa Bin Al Hussein bin Sulaiman bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Mohammed al – Thaer ibn Musa II bin Abdullah al – Rida bin Musa Al – Joun Bin Abdullah Al – Mahdah Bin Al – Hasan Al – Muthanna Bin Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abi Talib Hashemi Al – Qurashi.
Perchment Restoration Center
The Manuscript Restoration Center was established in 2008. It includes about 4000 manuscripts that date back to most of the stages of civilizations that were established in Jerusalem.
Al Boraq Wall
At Al-Isra’a and Mi’raj night, prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, was riding his animal, which name is Buraq, and then reached this wall and tied up AlBuraq to it, before he ascends to the skies, and that’s how the wall got its name.
Islamic museum
The Islamic Museum (Mosque of Moroccans) established by the Supreme Islamic Council In 1923 year, where it initially stationed in the Alrebat Almansouri building and then transferred to its current headquarters, located at the Mosque of Moroccans in the southwestern corner of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.